Band 6+: The pie graph below shows bottled water consumption in various regions as a percent of global consumption and the bar-chart shows the growth of bottled water consumption in 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie graph given showed how many bottles different countries consumed in 1999 in terms of percentage. Meanwhile, the bar chart illustrate the growth rate of bottled water in 2001

Overall, in 1999, Asia led the global in bottled water consumption, while western Europe and Australia used the least bottles. After 2 years, Asia countries dominate the global growth rate whereas western europe’s figures showed little changes.

Specifically, in 1999, people in Asia countries accounted for a significant 48% of global bottled water consumption. This was followed by the USA, New Zealand and Latin America with the usage of 15%, 13% and 10%, respectively. Other regions namely Middle East and Africa shared a similiar consumption rate of 5%, while residents of Western Europe and Australia used the least bottled water with 2%.

Regarding the bar chart, after 2 years, Asia’s water bottle usage increased substantially by 14%, securing their first rank among the mentioned regions. With regard to the USA, despite leading New Zealand and Latin America in percentage of water bottle consumed, this region had only grown by 7.5% for 2 years, which was almost 4.5% lower than that of the other two. Similarly, although Western Europe and Australia had the same consumption rate in 1999, people in Australia had drunk over 7% more bottled water in 2001 while Europeans held the least growth of only 3% among all regions. Ultimately, Middle East and Africa had an identical surge of around 10%.